Scribble

Word SCRIBBLE
Character 8
Hyphenation scrib ble
Pronunciations /ˈskɹɪbəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Scribble"

What do we mean by scribble?

To write (a note, for example) hurriedly without heed to legibility or style. intransitive verb

To draw (a picture) hurriedly or carelessly. intransitive verb

To write in a hurried careless way. intransitive verb

To make meaningless marks, as with a pen or pencil. intransitive verb

Careless hurried writing. noun

Meaningless marks and lines. noun

To write with haste, or without care or regard to correctness or elegance: as, to scribble a letter or pamphlet.

To cover or fill with careless or worthless writing, or unintelligible and entangled lines.

To write without care or regard for correctness or elegance; scrawl; make unintelligible and entangled lines on paper or a slate for mere amusement, as a child does.

Hurried or careless writing; a scrawl; hence, a shallow or trivial composition or article: as, a hasty scribble. noun

In the following quotation the word is used figuratively for a hurried, scrambling manner of walking, opposed to “a set pace,” as a scribble is to “a set copy.” noun

To card or tease coarsely; pass, as cotton or wool, through a scribbler.

To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine. transitive verb

To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl. intransitive verb

To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance. transitive verb

To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing. transitive verb

Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl. noun

To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry verb

To doodle verb

To card or tease (wool) coarsely; to run through a scribbler. verb

Careless, hasty writing, doodle or drawing

Synonyms and Antonyms for Scribble

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The word "scribble" in example sentences

I see you are always _at it_ in the old way -- _scribble, scribble, scribble_! " ❋ Major A.R. Calhoon (N/A)

To arrest Lee for that scribble is completely out of proportion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Reilly recalled a scribble on a NOAA white board during the early days of the spill indicating that officials immediately realized the leak could be much bigger. ❋ Dan Froomkin (2010)

Your dilectissime [sic] letter of the l6th arrived this morning and I must scribble a word of reply. ❋ Unknown (1920)

Fockers, Terri Polo (that's Polo, as in horses, not as in chicken) has what's best described as a scribble on her left breast (alongside a wonky heart). ❋ Unknown (2010)

The researchers studied the activity of two genes in fruits flies: RAS that is responsible for 30 percent of cancers and a gene called scribble that thwarts cancer, but promotes it if it becomes mutated. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dan Williams (6): md/raid5: initialize conf - > device_lock earlier md/raid456: downlevel multicore operations to raid_run_ops md/raid6: kill a gcc-4. 0.1 'uninitialized variable' warning async_pq: kill a stray dma_map () call and other cleanups async_pq: rename scribble page async_tx: fix asynchronous raid6 recovery for ddf layouts ❋ Unknown (2009)

Once you realize that a career as an artist is not in your future and that you had to label the scribble to make it look like more than just a squiggly line, you fill out the required information and go over your monologue as well as you can, considering the noise surrounding you. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If she tells you her scribble is a cat, praise her, write "CAT" on it and hang it prominently. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Another flare-up came from "scribble," software developed by a member that made it easier for users to delete all their posts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's the same "scribble" type of symbol that the Joker used to draw on everything. ❋ Unknown (2008)

His "scribble" suit, with details that looked like they'd been sketched on with a giant pencil, went for $2,500. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I think you probably understood the scribal error; sometimes mine are "scribble" errors. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The vortex, by contrast, seemed to be a figure of ur-marking, the primal figure, mark, or trace that, like the "scribble" of a child's first writing or drawing, manifests the birth of form. ❋ Unknown (1997)

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